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guillaumeb

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Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:39 PM
Nov 2019

I never claim to be Cherokee.

Nor did my paternal grandmother, who was full blooded Cri.

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Claiming Native American Ancestry [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 OP
Ask her if you can borrow five bucks safeinOhio Nov 2019 #1
LOL! PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #2
I like the Isleta casino. denbot Nov 2019 #4
They have, or used to have (haven't been there for a couple of years) PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #7
Live almost next door to the casino. safeinOhio Nov 2019 #5
I'd walk back that one.. denbot Nov 2019 #3
My brother talked me into the test, even though safeinOhio Nov 2019 #6
Cherokee? Which band? mwooldri Nov 2019 #8
She didn't say. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #14
I'm Sicilian descent CanonRay Nov 2019 #33
I follow Native Twitter mrs_p Nov 2019 #9
Interesting article. FWIW even if she tested DNA tests aren't... WePurrsevere Nov 2019 #10
If your ancestry to some group is so far back that it no longer shows up PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #19
So Native Americans whistler162 Nov 2019 #11
Some Jews look stereotypically Jewish. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #20
You cannot determine someone's ethnicity cilla4progress Nov 2019 #12
Except she thinks PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #22
My mother and brother were consistently mistaken for being NA or having NA blood chowder66 Nov 2019 #13
So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #15
. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2019 #17
Bingo. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #23
Nah, FOH with this thread. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2019 #26
They certainly can. Mariana Nov 2019 #37
We didn't have any stories about NA ancestry. chowder66 Nov 2019 #44
The Cherokee nation is one of the most well-documented and recorded tribes around. It's very WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2019 #16
Ever since I've known her, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #18
It's easy to hide someone on Facebook. Or mute them. MineralMan Nov 2019 #21
I almost never respond to anything she posts. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #25
Think again. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #24
Again, it's her insistence that everyone should PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #27
Do you really not understand that much of people are reacting to Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #40
I guess living where I do, and seeing what I do, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #45
Again. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #47
What you are saying is that we should always take everyone's claims PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #48
No. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #49
Thank you. I worked for a doctor, a descendant of a prominent Miwok Indian from 19th century, as emmaverybo Nov 2019 #29
Recommended. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #28
my uncle told me we were part Cherokee. He was Mormon demigoddess Nov 2019 #30
so, people who don't look enough like the stereotype should have papers to present? unblock Nov 2019 #31
I remember hearing... Mike Nelson Nov 2019 #32
The Cherokee Nation does not want DNA samples tirebiter Nov 2019 #34
I see that in genealogy groups alot LeftInTX Nov 2019 #35
...the rumor that Native American DNA doesn't show in DNA tests. Mariana Nov 2019 #43
I have read that some Native American tribes do not want to give their DNA. Tracer Nov 2019 #36
I'm a card-carrying member of the Cherokee tribe yellerpup Nov 2019 #38
It was a common H2O Man Nov 2019 #39
Some tribes accept those who are just 1/16th Native American (One Great-Great-Grandparent) Kaleva Nov 2019 #41
Sorry. Ours have always been very positive and charming in their Hortensis Nov 2019 #42
Oh, trust me. I never say anything or post anything PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #46
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